Usually means: Newcomer seeking wealth or status.
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  1. arriviste: Merriam-Webster
  2. arriviste: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arriviste: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. arriviste: Collins English Dictionary
  5. arriviste: Vocabulary.com
  6. arriviste: Wordnik
  7. arriviste: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. arriviste: Wiktionary
  9. arriviste: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. arriviste: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. arriviste: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. arriviste: Dictionary.com
  13. arriviste: Rhymezone
  14. arriviste (m/f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. arriviste: FreeDictionary.org
  16. arriviste: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. arriviste: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. arriviste: Merriam-Webster

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  1. arriviste: A Word A Day

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noun:  (derogatory) An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.

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